Qualsafe - QA Level 2 Award in Fire Safety course syllabus.

Category: Fire

Level: Beginner

During this 1 day course, Learners will develop their knowledge and skills in fire safety, including: how fires are caused, the risks associated with fire, principles of fire safety management at work, understanding the role of a fire warden and more.

This qualification is for anyone who has a specific responsibility for fire safety in the workplace. It is suitable to:

Qualify fire wardens/fire marshals

Provide a foundation of fire safety knowledge on which employers and responsible persons can build

Increase the fire safety knowledge of all employees

This qualification contains 1 mandatory unit with a Total Qualification Time (TQT) of 7 hours. Full details of this unit are in Appendix 1.

Learners must complete all assessments in the unit successfully within the registration period to achieve the qualification. The maximum period to achieve this qualification, including any referrals is 4 weeks.

TQT is the total number of hours required for a Learner to achieve this qualification. It has 2 elements:

Guided Learning Hours (GLH) is the time a Learner is being taught and assessed under the immediate guidance of a Trainer/Assessor, which for this qualification is 6 GLH (minimum), and

The number of hours a Learner will reasonably be likely to spend in preparation and study, including assessment, as directed by, but not under the immediate guidance or supervision of a Trainer, e.g. pre-course reading, which for this qualification is 1 hour

Formative assessments – a range of informal assessment procedures employed by the Trainer/Assessor during the learning process to measure each Learner´s knowledge, skills and understanding related to the assessment criteria

Theory assessment/multiple choice question papers - there is 1 paper per unit for each Learner and Learners should answer all the questions under examination conditions,

Maximum time allowed 45 minutes

Minimum mark is 20 out of 30 to be considered for an overall Pass